![]() In a separate video, Ms Callaghan addressed the way she says “LOL”, which some TikTokers claimed she mispronounces. Ms Callaghan quipped that TikTok users are probably sick of hearing her voice. But I kind of think it’s funny, I don’t mind it at all.” “Sometimes, you guys make me say some pretty horrendous things. I love working with TikTok, and I love seeing your TikToks,” she said in her recognisable voice. "I work with TikTok on (text-to-speech) and other projects. Ms Callaghan then gave viewers what they had been begging for: A re-enactment of the voice of “Jessie” to put any lingering doubts to rest. She emphasised that she is not lying about being the voice of TikTok because doing so would be bad for her voice acting career. In a follow-up video, Ms Callaghan addressed some frequently asked questions from her comments section. ![]() Many TikTokers, however, expressed their doubts and needed a little more convincing. Someone replied: “The things we’ve made you say…”Īnother person asked: “Am I the only one that watched 100 times to check if the voices matched?” We listen to you every morning on the radio and I had no idea.” One user confessed: “Oh my god, I didn’t know it was a real person behind the voice until now.”Īnother wrote: “Love this. TikTok users flooded the post with more than 13,900 comments, with some dubbing Ms Callaghan “the Siri of TikTok”. Since it was posted on Oct 19, Ms Callaghan’s video has gone viral, amassing a staggering 30.6 million views and 3.3 million likes at the time of writing. The radio personality and podcaster did not explain why she could not reveal her identity sooner. She wrote: “The coolest part for me is watching the creativity and awesome content that people are putting out there using my voice.” In her caption, Ms Callaghan said that she “didn’t say a word” for a long time and claimed to have an awesome ongoing relationship with the staff members at TikTok. She then confessed in her actual voice: “Finally I can tell you guys: It is me.” In her first ever TikTok video posted on her account “voiceofkat”, Ms Callaghan teased viewers by using the text-to-speech function to say: “When you guys have been asking me if I’m the voice on TikTok…” Kat Callaghan, a radio host and voiceover artist based in Ontario, Canada recently revealed that she is one of the voices behind the text-to-speech feature on the application, much to the delight and surprise of TikTokers around the world. ONTARIO, CANADA - TikTok users can finally put a face to the familiar automated voice of “Jessie” that is so frequently heard on the video-sharing platform.
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